I would be interested in participating in this campaign. If approved, I will be building one of these. Probably the “Marder”.
Would a manned torpedo be allowed? Since it isn’t a vehicle carrying a torpedo I thought I would ask.
Thank you,
Randy 
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Sounds like a plan for first catch of 2026 … Now I need to find some fish, so the subject is yet TBD …
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Groan! You must be a dad too.
O.K., so that will be a Douglas TBD Devastator then… What scale are you thinking?
Cheers,
M
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Ok was looking at either a MTB or early TBD that’s Torpedo Boat Destroyer not the aircraft but then a rattle of the old grey matter reminded me of the IJN Torpedo cruiser Kitakami - 5 sets of 4 torpedo tubes on each side for a broadside of 20 torpedoes!
A search on Scalemates brings up this
Now to find one.
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Aoshima did Kitakami in 1:700 too, and that and the SkyWave were boxed as her sister “Oi”.
Cheers,
M
Thanks Tom, also found Fujimi did a fairly (last 10 years) recent new tooling but that is of her/him in 1945 fit with all but two sets of tubes removed, 100 x 25mm AA guns added and Kaiten carried. Although the Kaiten were human torpedos so I suppose that option still counts?
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Sounds interesting, so I’m interested…
Well, TB…H I still haven’t decided yet, especially that I don’t have anything on my shelves that could fit into category… except FW190 TB version and Japanese cruisers 
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Necht? Really…? 
When do those manufacturers do their jobs right?
It should be Hecht, translating to Pike…
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If the boss lady will allow me the purchase, I may just have to get this one:
“Allow” = I have more models than I’ll build in the remaining time left on this planet. So, I’ll ask nicely if I can get this for the campaign. Prior to moving into our current home I probably had around 500 +/- kits. It got to the point I was probably a “collector” and not a “builder.” LOL!!
Mike
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There; fixed that for you.
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Works for me!
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Although Wiki states “A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon” the MT boat should be O.K., as I think we’ve already decided Kaiten count, as should Japanese Navy Shinyo suicide motor boats which were much more numerous and successful, as were the Japanese Army Maru-Ni motor boats (which theoretically weren’t suicide weapons although usually proved so in practice…).
Regards,
M
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@michaelsatin Excellent! Last night, I learned the same model would qualify for the IDF Campaign! I still plan on purchasing the Border Model Kate for Christmas so it will be the Barchino or Kate.
@MoramarthT Many years ago, I started down the road of collecting and building all those small submarines and suicide motor boats in 1/35 scale. When this campaign was announced, I went through my stockpile and pulled out a few. That is what led me to purchasing the MTM Barchino.
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Only if she notices it, right? Don’t fix what isn’t broken.
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HH6 (my wife) was none too happy when my son sent this to me for my birthday.
I have some schemes for it, and may enter this campaign…
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Why? A son can’t buy his dad a birthday present? If you have a daughter, perhaps you should have a conversation with her before the other foot tries on the shoe.
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